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The Australians

Author : John Hirst
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458762963
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book The Australians written by John Hirst and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there an Australian national character? What are its distinguishing features? Over the years, how have insiders and outsiders summed up this country and its people, and how have Australians responded to outside criticism? In The Australians, John Hirst gathers together the key assessments of the national character, on topics as diverse as sport, war, mateship, humour, put-downs, suburbia and going native. There is celebration and criticism. There is humour and insight. There is the difference between what Australians think of themselves and what they are really like. Contributors include Winston Churchill, Ned Kelly, Tim Flannery, Henry Lawson, Peter Cosgrove, Germaine Greer, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Captain James Cook, David Malouf, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, Patrick White, Oscar Wilde and Tim Winton.

The Australians

Author : Francis William Lauderdale Adams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108030653
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Australians written by Francis William Lauderdale Adams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1893, this book describes the life and culture of Australia in the last years of the nineteenth century.

The Australian Book of Atheism

Author : Warren Bonett
Publisher : Scribe Publications
ISBN 13 : 1921640766
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Australian Book of Atheism written by Warren Bonett and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the Anzac ethos have roots in atheism? Does prayer have a place in Parliament? Should 'creation science' be taught in Australian schools? The Australian Book of Atheism is the first collection to explore atheism from an Australian viewpoint. Bringing together essays from 33 of the nation's pre-eminent atheist, rationalist, humanist, and sceptical thinkers, it canvasses a range of opinions on religion and secularism in Australia.

Aboriginal Australians

Author : Richard Broome
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760872628
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal Australians written by Richard Broome and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in Richard Broome's typical lucid and imaginative style. This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.' - Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for power. Surveying over two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, he shows how white settlers steadily supplanted the original inhabitants, from the shining coasts to inland deserts, by sheer force of numbers, disease, technology and violence. He also tells the story of Aboriginal survival through resistance and accommodation, and traces the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of a settler society to a more central place in modern Australia. Broome's Aboriginal Australians has long been regarded as the most authoritative account of black-white relations in Australia. This fifth edition continues the story, covering the impact of the Northern Territory Intervention, the mining boom in remote Australia, the Uluru Statement, the resurgence of interest in traditional Aboriginal knowledge and culture, and the new generation of Aboriginal leaders. 'Richard Broome's historical analysis breaks the back of every theoretical argument about colonialism and establishes a clear pathway to understanding the present situation.' - Sharon Meagher, Aboriginal Education Development Officer, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide

The Australian Dream

Author : Alan Morris
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486301479
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book The Australian Dream written by Alan Morris and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is experiencing a significant demographic shift – the proportion of the population that is aged 65 years and older is increasing substantially and will continue to do so. With this shift comes particular housing challenges for older people. The Australian Dream examines the impacts of housing tenure on older Australians who are solely or primarily dependent on the age pension for their income. Drawing on 125 in-depth interviews, it compares the life circumstances of older social housing tenants, private renters and homeowners – their capacity to pay for their accommodation, how this cost impacts on their ability to lead a decent life, maintain social ties and pursue leisure activities, and how their housing situation affects their health and wellbeing. The book considers some key questions: Are older homeowners who are solely dependent on the single age pension managing financially? Are they able to maintain their homes and engage in social activity? How are older private renters who have to pay market rents faring in comparison with older homeowners and social housing tenants? What are the implications of subsidised rents and legally guaranteed security of tenure for older social housing tenants? Based on a study conducted in Sydney and regional New South Wales, this pioneering research starkly and powerfully reveals the fundamental role that affordable, adequate and secure housing plays in creating a foundation for a decent life for older Australians.

Australianama

Author : Samia Khatun
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190922605
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Australianama written by Samia Khatun and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the history of South Asian diaspora, weaving together stories of various peoples colonized by the British Empire.

The Diggers: The Australians in France

Author : Patrick MacGill
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Diggers: The Australians in France written by Patrick MacGill and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diggers' is an absorbing World War I fiction by Patrick MacGill, an Irish journalist and writer known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing. This work is historically significant as it comes from a man who witnessed the war first-hand. MacGill served with the London Irish Rifles during the First World War and was injured at the Battle of Loos on 28 October 1915. He was then recruited into military intelligence.

How to Beat the Australians

Author : Richard Beard
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448129907
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book How to Beat the Australians written by Richard Beard and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Feeling the way I do now, it's not a feeling I ever want to have again.' Andrew Flintoff speaks for a nation. The Ashes, 2006/07: Australia 5 England 0. The nightmare returns. For twenty years, Australia has produced competitors so gritty they order sandwiches with sand in, and not just at cricket. Fourth in the medals table at the Athens Olympics, Tour de France contenders, Davis Cup champions, and the Socceroos 3--1 winners over England. For Richard Beard, the football was the last straw. So, on the well-established principle that if you want something doing ..., he travelled down to Australia for seven rounds of hand-to-hand sporting combat, to find out just what makes the Australians so good, and how to beat them.

Cape Summer and the Australians in England

Author : Alan Ross
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571297528
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Cape Summer and the Australians in England written by Alan Ross and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Ross (1922-2001) - distinguished poet, travel writer, and editor of London Magazine - also managed to excel in the role of cricket correspondent for the Observer, in which capacity he followed England/MCC on tours of Australia, South Africa and the West Indies. In the book-length accounts he published of these tours, his lifelong love of the game found glorious expression. Cape Summer and the Australians in England (1957) treats the 1956 Ashes series, memorable above all for the bowling performance of Jim Laker; and the following winter's MCC tour to apartheid South Africa, where one of England's strongest ever sides had an unexpectedly tough contest and where, as ever, Ross's discerning eye and finessing pen were alive to dimensions of the game beyond the boundary rope.

"Over There" With the Australians

Author : R. Hugh Knyvett
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752310103
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book "Over There" With the Australians written by R. Hugh Knyvett and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: "Over There" With the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett

Australians All

Author : Nadia Wheatley
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741156041
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Australians All written by Nadia Wheatley and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I love history because it is story, but the very best thing about this story is that it is not finished. All of us are making history every moment of our lives.' Nadia Wheatley Australians All encompasses the history of our continent from the Ice Age to the Apology, from the arrival of the First Fleet to the Mabo Judgement. Brief accounts of the lives of real young Australians open up this chronological narrative. Some of the subjects of the eighty mini-biographies have become nationally or even internationally famous. Others were legends in their own families and communities. Meticulously researched, beautifully written and highly readable, Australians All helps us understand who we are, and how we belong to the land we all share. It also shows us who we might be. 'In Australian histories there is a particular group whose tales and presence and concerns are rarely narrated. These are the children and adolescents. They are depicted as mute sufferers of the decisions of elders (as were the children of the Depression), helpless victims of policy (the Stolen Generations) and the children of the Second World War (of whom I was one). They appear in most writing of history as mere passive accessories to what adults do. But their stories are our stories too, and their stories are our history, and Nadia Wheatley, that great writer, tells that wide-ranging story in a way so imaginative and colourful that it would attract any young person, and make young readers feel that many of their personal struggles have been faced before, by children of the past and present. Nadia has performed an essential service to history and the young.' - Thomas Keneally

Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea

Author : Arthur St. John Adcock
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea written by Arthur St. John Adcock and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea" by Arthur St. John Adcock. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

A Peculiar People

Author : Gavin Souter
Publisher : Xoum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922057029
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book A Peculiar People written by Gavin Souter and published by Xoum Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1893 almost 500 Australians set out by ship to plant a communist utopia in the heart of Paraguay. Led by socialist journalist and activist, William Lane, their aim was to realise the cherished Australian principles of equality and mateship. It was not to be. Expulsions and secessions began early; in mid-1894 Lane himself seceded with a loyal minority and founded Cosme, some forty-five miles south of the original settlement, but two years later the new colony had deteriorated and dwindled. Acclaimed historian Gavin Souter unravels the history of the New Australia movement, exploring the motivations and motives of its members, its organisation, the conflicts and dissension and the final disillusionment. He suggests a number of factors contributing to the venture’s failure, not the least being William Lane’s contradictory personality. Meticulously researched and based on countless interviews with descendants of the original settlers, A Peculiar People is a work of literary as well as historical value. Winner of the Foundation of Australian Literary Studies award, it brings the fascinating story of idealism, courage and human fallibility to vivid life. Reviews of A Peculiar People ‘The most complete, objective and altogether satisfying account – by turns ironic, sardonic, compassionate, frequently evocative and finally haunting.’ Australian Book Review ‘An excellent book, lively in its narrative and judicious in its interpretations.’ The Age ‘Souter … writes with admirable clarity and can make a story, period and cast of people come alive – exciting, absurd and gallant by turns.’ The Bulletin

Made in Australia

Author : Richard Weller
Publisher : Apollo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781742584928
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Made in Australia written by Richard Weller and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you creatively plan for a population of 62 million by 2100, Australia's current major city planning frameworks only account for an extra 5.5 million people. Whether we want a 'Big Australia' or not, Australia's 21st century is likely to see rapid and continual growth - and if we want liveable, high functioning cities and regional centres we need to think outside the box. Richard Weller and Julian Bolleter (Australian Urban Design Research Centre) offer optimistic and creative solutions for the future with one imperative: what we build this century will make or break our country.

The Imperialists

Author : Vivian Stuart
Publisher : Warner Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780708849675
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book The Imperialists written by Vivian Stuart and published by Warner Books (NY). This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 12th volume in the author's Australians series, this continues the story of the pioneers who carved out a life for themselves in the newly-formed colonies of Australia and New Zealand.

The Prince's New Clothes

Author : David Burchell
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 9780868406046
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Prince's New Clothes written by David Burchell and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards the end of the 20th century, Australia was swept by a mood of cynicism towards politicians and government. This comprehensive collection brings together politicians, policy makers and scholars to answer difficult questions in the ethical dimension of Australian politics.

The Australian Dream

Author : Stan Grant
Publisher : Quarterly Essay
ISBN 13 : 1925435369
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book The Australian Dream written by Stan Grant and published by Quarterly Essay. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Quarterly Essay 64, Stan Grant takes a deep and passionate look at Indigenous futures, in particular the fraught question of remote communities. In a landmark essay, Stan Grant writes Indigenous people back into the economic and multicultural history of Australia. This is the fascinating story of how fringe dwellers fought not just to survive, but to prosper. Their legacy is the extraordinary flowering of Indigenous success - cultural, sporting, intellectual and social - that we see today. Yet this flourishing coexists with the boys of Don Dale and the many others like them who live in the shadows of the nation. Grant examines how such Australians have been denied the possibilities of life, and argues eloquently that history is not destiny; that culture is not static. In doing so, he makes the case for a more capacious Australian Dream. "The idea that I am Australian hits me with a thud. It is a blinding self-realisation that collides with the comfortable notion of who I am. To be honest, for an Indigenous person, it can feel like a betrayal somehow - at the very least, a capitulation. We are so used to telling ourselves that Australia is a white country: am I now white? The reality is more ambiguous ... To borrow from Franz Kafka, identity is a cage in search of a bird." —Stan Grant, The Australian Dream This issue also contains correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 63, Enemy Within, from Patrick Lawrence, Nicole Hemmer, Bruce Wolpe, Dennis Altman, David Goodman, Patrick McCaughey, Gary Werskey, and Don Watson.